Below and attached are the award winners for the 6th Annual Gloucester 8K
Run and 3K Run/Walk held on the roads around Gloucester High School in
Gloucester, VA. Awards in the 8K went to the top 3 men and women overall
and the top 3 in each age group. Also listed are the top 3 men and women
who Ran or Walked the 3K along with the top 3 men and women Walkers in
the 3K. The race was held on Saturday morning, February 18, 2017.
Proceeds support the Gloucester County Educational Foundation. The race
itself was conducted by the Peninsula Track Club.

At race time the temperature was 51 with rising temperatures and a clear,
sunny sky.

The Gloucester 8K/3K doubled in size from last year with 322 runners and
walkers signed up (158 in the 8K and 164in the 3K). A total of 291
runners/walkers completed the events. The races were held simultaneously
with the same start and finish – the 3K participants completed the
initial out and back 3K loop while the 8K runners went past Gloucester
High School to do a different 5K loop that made up the 8K course.

The 3K course was actually closer to a 4K distance.

The 8K has been measured for USATF certification, but one turnaround
point was placed a little further along the course than it should have
been resulting in 8K runners running about 30-40 extra yards. Garman
measurements estimated the course run as a distance of 5.05 miles,
slightly longer than an 8K.

Despite the Goucester 8K course being slightly long, Ryan Carroll, 34 of
Portsmouth broke the Gloucester 8K course record he had set in 2016
(26:31) with a finishing time of 25:40 (5:10 pace).